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American League
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The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League, is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a league based in the Great Lakes states. It is sometimes called the Junior Circuit because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season,25 years after the formation of the National League. At the end of season, the American League champion plays in the World Series against the National League champion. Through 2016, American League teams have won 64 of the 112 World Series played since 1903, the 2016 American League champions are the Cleveland Indians. The New York Yankees have won 40 American League titles, the most in the history, followed by the Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland Athletics. Originally a minor league known as the Western League, the American League later developed into a major league after the American Association disbanded, in its early history, the Western League struggled until 1894, when Ban Johnson became the president of the league. Johnson led the Western League into major league status and soon became the president of the newly renamed American League, babe Ruth, noted as one of the most prolific hitters in Major League Baseball history, spent the majority of his career in the American League. The American League has one notable difference versus the National League, in 1902, the Milwaukee Brewers moved to St. Louis and were renamed the St. Louis Browns. In 1902, The Cleveland Bluebirds were also renamed the Cleveland Broncos, in 1903, the Broncos were renamed the Cleveland Naps. In 1915, the Naps were renamed the Cleveland Indians, in 1903, the Baltimore Orioles moved to New York and were renamed the New York Highlanders. In 1913, the Highlanders were renamed the New York Yankees, in 1904, the Chicago White Stockings were renamed the Chicago White Sox. In 1908, the Boston Americans were renamed the Boston Red Sox, in 1954, the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and were renamed as the Baltimore Orioles. In 1955, the Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City and were renamed as the Kansas City Athletics, in 1961, the league expanded and added two teams as the Los Angeles Angels and the Washington Senators, expanding the league to 10 teams. The original Senators team moved to Minneapolis/St, Paul in 1961 and were renamed as the Minnesota Twins. The Angels team name changed to the California Angels in 1966, then to the Anaheim Angels in 1997, the Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Pilots were added to the American League, expanding the league to 12 teams. In 1970, the Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee and were renamed the Milwaukee Brewers, in 1972, the Washington Senators relocated to the Dallas/Fort Worth area and were renamed the Texas Rangers. In 1977, the league expanded to fourteen teams, when the Seattle Mariners, in 1998, the Tampa Bay Rays was added to the American League and at the same time, the Milwaukee Brewers were switched to the National League, leaving the American League with 14 teams

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Fenway Park
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Fenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston, at 4 Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home for the Boston Red Sox and it is the oldest ballpark in MLB. It is the fourth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, Fenway has hosted the World Series ten times, with the Red Sox winning five of them, and the Boston Braves winning one. The first, in the inaugural season, was the 1912 World Series. April 20,2012, marked Fenway Parks centennial, on March 7 of that year, the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park a shrine and it is a pending Boston Landmark which will regulate further changes to the park. Today, the park is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world, the Red Sox moved to Fenway Park from the old Huntington Avenue Grounds. In 1911, owner John I. Taylor purchased the land bordered by Brookline Avenue, Jersey Street, Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street and developed it into a larger baseball stadium. However, given that Taylors family also owned the Fenway Realty Company, like many classic ballparks, Fenway Park was constructed on an asymmetrical block, with consequent asymmetry in its field dimensions. The General Contractor was the Charles Logue Building Company, the first game was played April 20,1912, with mayor John F. Fitzgerald throwing out the first pitch and Boston defeating the New York Highlanders, 7-6 in 11 innings. Newspaper coverage of the opening was overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Titanic sinking a few days earlier, Fenway Park has historically drawn low attendance, its lowest occurring late in the 1965 season with two games having paid attendance under 500 spectators. On Wednesday, June 17,2009, the park celebrated its 500th consecutive Red Sox sellout, according to WBZ-TV, the team joined three NBA teams which achieved 500 consecutive home sellouts. The sellout streak ended on April 11,2013, in all the Red Sox sold out 794 regular season games, the parks address was originally 24 Jersey Street. In 1977, the section of Jersey Street nearest the park was renamed Yawkey Way in honor of longtime Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, and the parks address is now 4 Yawkey Way. Some of the include, In 1934, a hand-operated scoreboard was added, with what was then considered high-technology lights to indicate balls. The scoreboard is updated by hand today from behind the wall. The National League scores were removed in 1976, but restored in 2003, in 1946, upper deck seats were installed, Fenway Park is essentially the first double-tiered ballpark in Boston since the South End Grounds of the 1880s. In 1947, arc lights were installed at Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox were the third-to-last team out of 16 major league teams to have lights in their home park

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Boston
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Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Boston is also the seat of Suffolk County, although the county government was disbanded on July 1,1999. The city proper covers 48 square miles with a population of 667,137 in 2015, making it the largest city in New England. Alternately, as a Combined Statistical Area, this wider commuting region is home to some 8.1 million people, One of the oldest cities in the United States, Boston was founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. Upon U. S. independence from Great Britain, it continued to be an important port and manufacturing hub as well as a center for education, through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the original peninsula. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing over 20 million visitors per year, Bostons many firsts include the United States first public school, Boston Latin School, first subway system, the Tremont Street Subway, and first public park, Boston Common. Bostons economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology, the city has one of the highest costs of living in the United States as it has undergone gentrification, though it remains high on world livability rankings. Bostons early European settlers had first called the area Trimountaine but later renamed it Boston after Boston, Lincolnshire, England, the renaming on September 7,1630 was by Puritan colonists from England who had moved over from Charlestown earlier that year in quest of fresh water. Their settlement was limited to the Shawmut Peninsula, at that time surrounded by the Massachusetts Bay and Charles River. The peninsula is thought to have been inhabited as early as 5000 BC, in 1629, the Massachusetts Bay Colonys first governor John Winthrop led the signing of the Cambridge Agreement, a key founding document of the city. Puritan ethics and their focus on education influenced its early history, over the next 130 years, the city participated in four French and Indian Wars, until the British defeated the French and their Indian allies in North America. Boston was the largest town in British America until Philadelphia grew larger in the mid-18th century, Bostons harbor activity was significantly curtailed by the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812. Foreign trade returned after these hostilities, but Bostons merchants had found alternatives for their investments in the interim. Manufacturing became an important component of the economy, and the citys industrial manufacturing overtook international trade in economic importance by the mid-19th century. Boston remained one of the nations largest manufacturing centers until the early 20th century, a network of small rivers bordering the city and connecting it to the surrounding region facilitated shipment of goods and led to a proliferation of mills and factories. Later, a network of railroads furthered the regions industry. Boston was a port of the Atlantic triangular slave trade in the New England colonies

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Massachusetts
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It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west. The state is named for the Massachusett tribe, which inhabited the area. The capital of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England is Boston, over 80% of Massachusetts population lives in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, a region influential upon American history, academia, and industry. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing and trade, Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution, during the 20th century, Massachusetts economy shifted from manufacturing to services. Modern Massachusetts is a leader in biotechnology, engineering, higher education, finance. Plymouth was the site of the first colony in New England, founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims, in 1692, the town of Salem and surrounding areas experienced one of Americas most infamous cases of mass hysteria, the Salem witch trials. In 1777, General Henry Knox founded the Springfield Armory, which during the Industrial Revolution catalyzed numerous important technological advances, in 1786, Shays Rebellion, a populist revolt led by disaffected American Revolutionary War veterans, influenced the United States Constitutional Convention. In the 18th century, the Protestant First Great Awakening, which swept the Atlantic World, in the late 18th century, Boston became known as the Cradle of Liberty for the agitation there that led to the American Revolution. The entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts has played a commercial and cultural role in the history of the United States. Before the American Civil War, Massachusetts was a center for the abolitionist, temperance, in the late 19th century, the sports of basketball and volleyball were invented in the western Massachusetts cities of Springfield and Holyoke, respectively. Many prominent American political dynasties have hailed from the state, including the Adams, both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also in Cambridge, have been ranked among the most highly regarded academic institutions in the world. Massachusetts public school students place among the top nations in the world in academic performance, the official name of the state is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. While this designation is part of the official name, it has no practical implications. Massachusetts has the position and powers within the United States as other states. Massachusetts was originally inhabited by tribes of the Algonquian language family such as the Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Pocomtuc, Mahican, and Massachusett. While cultivation of crops like squash and corn supplemented their diets, villages consisted of lodges called wigwams as well as longhouses, and tribes were led by male or female elders known as sachems. Between 1617 and 1619, smallpox killed approximately 90% of the Massachusetts Bay Native Americans, the first English settlers in Massachusetts, the Pilgrims, arrived via the Mayflower at Plymouth in 1620, and developed friendly relations with the native Wampanoag people. This was the second successful permanent English colony in the part of North America that later became the United States, the event known as the First Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World which lasted for three days

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John I. Taylor
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John Irving Taylor owned the Boston Red Sox from 1904 until 1911. He was the son of General Charles H. Taylor, publisher of the Boston Globe and he purchased the team from Henry Killilea on April 19,1904, with his father Charles serving as a minority owner. In September 1911, the Taylors sold half of the stock in the team to Jimmy McAleer, mcRoy with McAleer taking over as team president. On December 21,1913, Joseph Lannin, Frank P. Cooper, on May 15,1914, Lannin bought out all of his partners and became sole owner of the Red Sox. In later years Taylor lived in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died after an illness on January 26,1938. He is interred with his wife Daisy in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, MA

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Jimmy McAleer
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James Robert Loafer McAleer was an American center fielder, manager, and stockholder in Major League Baseball who assisted in establishing the American League. He spent most of his 13-season playing career with the Cleveland Spiders, and went on to manage the Cleveland Blues, St. Louis Browns, shortly before his retirement, he became a major shareholder in the Boston Red Sox. During his brief tenure as co-owner of the Red Sox, McAleer quarreled with longtime friend and colleague Ban Johnson, in the wake of this disagreement, he sold off his shares in the Red Sox and broke off his relationship with Major League Baseball. McAleers rift with Johnson, along with his retirement, damaged his professional reputation. Today, he is most often remembered for initiating the customary request that the President of the United States throw out the first ball of the season, McAleer was born in Youngstown, Ohio, an industrial center located near the border of western Pennsylvania. His father, Owen McAleer, died at an age, leaving McAleers mother, Mary. The family lived on the citys west side, where the McAleer children were raised to value the concept of formal education, McAleer attended local public schools and graduated from Rayen High School. In later years, all three of the McAleer brothers moved on to careers, and the oldest, Owen McAleer. A strapping six-foot 175-pound outfielder, McAleer won early recognition for his physical speed and he became involved with a Youngstown minor league baseball club in 1882, remaining with the team until 1884. In 1885, McAleer joined another minor league organization in Charleston, South Carolina and his skill as a center fielder was recognized in 1888, while he was playing for a club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although his primary focus was organized sports, McAleer was also drawn to the field of entertainment, during one season of his minor league career, he became part-owner of the DeHaven Comedy Company, a theatrical road troupe that was organized in Youngstown. His interest in show business remained a constant, and in later years McAleer developed a friendship with Broadway composer and performer George M. Cohan. On April 24,1889, McAleer broke into the Major Leagues in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1891, when Patsy Tebeau became manager of the Cleveland Spiders, the club became known for its aggressive tactics. Tebeau encouraged players to block and hold runners, while he openly challenged and harassed officials. In 1896, the Cleveland manager was jailed for attacking an umpire who decided it was too dark to continue a game, on June 27,1896, McAleer was among several Cleveland players to be fined by a Louisville judge for their role in the incident. Later that year, the clubs notoriety prompted other National League teams to propose a boycott of Cleveland, McAleers periodic displays of temper were in keeping with this rowdy environment. At the same time, McAleer proved a strong performer, a later newspaper account described him as an outstanding outfielder who was blessed with excellent speed. The article noted that McAleers skills as a sprinter helped him steal 51 bases in one year and 41 in another

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Jake Stahl
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Garland Jake Stahl was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and New York Highlanders. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he was a member of the Kappa Kappa chapter of Sigma Chi and he started off as a catcher before being traded to the Senators, where he moved to first base full-time, with occasional stints in the outfield. He was regarded as a fielder and an average hitter. He also struck out 128 times that year, a record that would stand until 1938, as a player-manager, he led the Senators to two seventh-place finishes, and in his second managerial stint led the Red Sox to the 1912 World Series title. His success was short-lived, as he had a falling-out with his teammates and his successor, Bill Carrigan, would win two more World Series titles for the Sox. Stahl died of tuberculosis in Monrovia, California at age 43, Stahl has a measure of immortality as the acknowledged eponym of the term jaking it, a baseball phrase for faking an injury to stay out of the lineup, or otherwise loafing. Stahl was not related to Red Sox teammate Chick Stahl, despite contemporary accounts erroneously listing them as brothers

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Bill Carrigan
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William Francis Carrigan, nicknamed Rough, was a Major League baseball catcher. He was born in Lewiston, Maine, where he graduated from Lewiston High School, before studying at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Carrigan started his career as a platoon catcher and played all ten seasons with the Boston Red Sox. Midway through the 1913 baseball season, he replaced Jake Stahl as manager of the defending World Series champion Red Sox as a player-manager. He then led Boston to a finish in 1914 and two world championships in 1915 and 1916, compiling an 8–2 record as a manager in World Series play. Until Terry Francona duplicated the feat in 2007, he was the manager to have won two World Series titles with Boston. Babe Ruth called Carrigan the best manager he ever played for and he then left baseball to become a banker in his home state of Maine. He returned to manage the Red Sox in 1927, but he was unable to duplicate his previous success as Boston finished in last place for three straight seasons, bill Carrigan died in Lewiston, Maine, at the age of 85. He was posthumously elected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2004

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1912 Boston Red Sox season
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The 1912 Boston Red Sox season was the twelfth season in the franchises Major League Baseball history. This was the first year that the team played its games at Fenway Park. The Red Sox finished first in the American League with a record of 105 wins and 47 losses. The team set or tied records for most wins, fewest losses. The team then faced the National League champion New York Giants in the 1912 World Series, which the Red Sox won in eight games to capture the franchises second World Series. One of the plays in the World Series was a muffed fly ball by Giants outfielder Fred Snodgrass. Behind center fielder Tris Speaker and pitcher Smoky Joe Wood, the Red Sox led the league in runs scored, Speaker was third in batting and was voted league Most Valuable Player. Wood won 34 games, including a record 16 in a row, although the pitching staff was satisfactory, the only star pitcher was Wood, while the only star in the starting lineup was Speaker. Little-known third baseman Larry Gardner was the next best hitter, while future Hall of Famer Harry Hooper had a poor offensive season, the Red Sox made several transactions during the 1912 offseason. In February 1912, Rip Williams was sold to the New York Highlanders, the Red Sox sold two players to the Chicago White Sox during the offseason, Jack Fournier on February 6 and Eddie Cicotte on July 9. Later in the year, on November 25, Hugh Bradley was sold to the Jersey City Giants minor league team of the International League. The only purchase made by the Red Sox that offseason was their purchase of Neal Ball from the Cleveland Naps on June 25 for $2500, the new Red Sox home stadium, Fenway Park opened on April 20, the same day as Navin Field in Detroit opened. It was supposed to be opened on April 18 but it rained in both cities on that day, on April 26, Hugh Bradley became the first player to hit a home run over the Green Monster at Fenway Park. It was his home run of the 1912 season. On April 11,1912, the Red Sox defeated the New York Highlanders 5–3 in an away game, Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg. = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, the Red Sox won in 8 games 4–3, tying the Giants 6–6 in Game 2. AL Boston Red Sox vs. NL New York Giants 1912 Boston Red Sox at Baseball Reference 1912 Boston Red Sox season at Baseball Almanac

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Boston Red Sox
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The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball as a club of the American League East division. The Red Sox have won eight World Series championships and have played in 13, founded in 1901 as one of the American Leagues eight charter franchises, the Red Sox home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The Red Sox name was chosen by the owner, John I. Taylor, around 1908, following the lead of previous teams that had known as the Boston Red Stockings. Boston was a dominant team in the new league, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918. Following their victory in the 2013 World Series, they became the first team to win three World Series trophies in the 21st century, including championships in 2004 and 2007. Red Sox history has also marked by the teams intense rivalry with the Yankees. The Boston Red Sox are owned by Fenway Sports Group, which owns the Liverpool F. C. of the Premier League in England. The Red Sox are consistently one of the top MLB teams in road attendance. From May 15,2003 to April 10,2013, the Red Sox sold out every home game—a total of 820 games for a professional sports record. Neil Diamonds Sweet Caroline has become an anthem for the Red Sox, the name Red Sox, chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning 1908. Sox had been adopted for the Chicago White Sox by newspapers needing a headline-friendly form of Stockings. The team name Red Sox had previously used as early as 1888 by a colored team from Norfolk. The Spanish language media sometimes refers to the team as Medias Rojas, the official Spanish site uses the variant Los Red Sox. The Red Stockings nickname was first used by a team by the Cincinnati Red Stockings. Managed by Harry Wright, Cincinnati adopted a uniform with white knickers and red stockings and earned the famous nickname, the Boston Red Stockings won four championships in the five seasons of the new National Association, the first professional league. Other names were used before Boston officially adopted the nickname Braves in 1912

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Major League Baseball
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Major League Baseball is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. A total of 30 teams now play in the National League and American League, the NL and AL operated as separate legal entities from 1876 and 1901 respectively. After cooperating but remaining legally separate entities since 1903, the merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball in 2000. The organization also oversees Minor League Baseball, which comprises about 240 teams affiliated with the Major League clubs, with the World Baseball Softball Confederation, MLB manages the international World Baseball Classic tournament. Baseballs first professional team was founded in Cincinnati in 1869,30 years after Abner Doubleday supposedly invented the game of baseball, the first few decades of professional baseball were characterized by rivalries between leagues and by players who often jumped from one team or league to another. The period before 1920 in baseball was known as the dead-ball era, Baseball survived a conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series, which came to be known as the Black Sox Scandal. The sport rose in popularity in the 1920s, and survived potential downturns during the Great Depression, shortly after the war, baseballs color barrier was broken by Jackie Robinson. The 1950s and 1960s were a time of expansion for the AL and NL, then new stadiums, Home runs dominated the game during the 1990s, and media reports began to discuss the use of anabolic steroids among Major League players in the mid-2000s. In 2006, an investigation produced the Mitchell Report, which implicated many players in the use of performance-enhancing substances, today, MLB is composed of thirty teams, twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada. Baseball broadcasts are aired on television, radio, and the Internet throughout North America, MLB has the highest season attendance of any sports league in the world with more than 73 million spectators in 2015. MLB is governed by the Major League Baseball Constitution and this document has undergone several incarnations since 1875, with the most recent revisions being made in 2012. Under the direction of the Commissioner of Baseball, MLB hires and maintains the sports umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, MLB maintains a unique, controlling relationship over the sport, including most aspects of Minor League Baseball. This ruling has been weakened only slightly in subsequent years, the weakened ruling granted more stability to the owners of teams and has resulted in values increasing at double-digit rates. There were several challenges to MLBs primacy in the sport between the 1870s and the Federal League in 1916, the last attempt at a new league was the aborted Continental League in 1960. The chief executive of MLB is the commissioner, Rob Manfred, the chief operating officer is Tony Petitti. There are five other executives, president, chief officer, chief legal officer, chief financial officer. The multimedia branch of MLB, which is based in Manhattan, is MLB Advanced Media and this branch oversees MLB. com and each of the 30 teams websites. Its charter states that MLB Advanced Media holds editorial independence from the league, MLB Productions is a similarly structured wing of the league, focusing on video and traditional broadcast media

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Road (sports)
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A road game or away game is a sports game where the specified team is not the host and must travel to another venue. Most professional teams represent cities or towns and amateur sports teams often represent academic institutions, each team has a location where it practices during the season and where it hosts games. When a team is not the host, it must travel to games. Thus, when a team is not hosting a game, the team is described as the team, the visiting team, or the away team. The venue in which the game is played is described as the stadium or the road. The host team is said to be the home team, major sporting events, if not held at a neutral venue, are often over several legs at each teams home ground, so that neither team has an advantage over the other. Occasionally, the team may not have to travel very far at all to a road game. These matches often become local derbies, a few times a year, a road team may even be lucky enough to have the road game played at their own home stadium or arena. This is prevalent in college athletics where many schools will play in regional leagues or groundshare. The related term true road game has seen increasing use in U. S. college sports in the 21st century, while regular-season tournaments and other special events have been part of college sports from their creation, the 21st century has seen a proliferation of such events. These are typically held at sites, with some of them taking place outside the contiguous U. S. or even outside the country entirely. In turn, this has led to the use of true road game to refer to contests played at one home venue. In some association football leagues, particularly in Europe, the teams fans sit in their own section. Depending on the stadium, they will either sit in a designated section or be separated from the home fans by a cordon of police officers. However, in the leagues in England, supporters may be free to mix. When games are played at a site, for instance the FA Cup final in England which is always played at Wembley Stadium. This results in each team occupying one half of the stadium and this is different from other sports, particularly in North America, where very few fans travel to games played away from their home stadium. Home and away fans are not separated at these games

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1913 Philadelphia Athletics season
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The 1913 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the As finishing first in the American League with a record of 96 wins and 57 losses. The team then defeated the New York Giants in the 1913 World Series,4 games to 1, in 2001, baseball historian Bill James ranked the 1913 incarnation of the Athletics famous $100,000 infield as the best of all time in major league history. Note, Pos = Position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, = Batting average, HR = Home runs, RBI = Runs batted in Note, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, Avg. NL New York Giants 1913 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1913 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www. baseball-almanac. com

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Harry Hooper
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Harry Bartholomew Hooper was a Major League Baseball right fielder in the early 20th century. Hooper batted left-handed and threw right-handed, Hooper was born in Bell Station, California, and he graduated from St. Marys College of California. He played for league teams between 1909 and 1925, spending most of that time with the Boston Red Sox and finishing his career with the Chicago White Sox. Hooper was often known for his skills and he was among the league leaders in defensive categories such as putouts by a right fielder. During several seasons with Boston, he teamed up with Duffy Lewis and Tris Speaker to form one of the best outfield trios in baseball history, Hooper is also one of only two members of 4 separate Red Sox World Series championships. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971, Hooper was born on August 24,1887 in Bell Station, California. His family had migrated to California as many families from the United States due to the California Gold Rush. His father, Joseph Joe Hooper, was born in Morrell, Joe was the fourth child and second boy born to English-born William Hooper, Harrys grandfather, and his Portuguese wife Louisa. Harry was the youngest child in his family of four, having a sister named Lulu and older twin brothers named George. Hoopers mother, Mary Katherine, was from Frankfurt, Germany, Hoopers two older brothers had been forced to quit school early to work on the family farm, but Hooper showed an affinity for school, especially in math. One of Hoopers teachers helped to convince his parents to allow Hooper to attend a school in Oakland. After graduating from the school affiliated with Saint Marys College of California. While he had not been a student at Saint Marys. Hooper had been a pitcher when he signed with the Oakland Commuters in 1907 to begin his minor league career, in 41 games with Oakland, he hit for a.301 batting average in 156 at bats. He spent the year with the Sacramento Senators, hitting.344 in 77 games. His contract with Sacramento also provided him with work as a surveyor when he was not playing baseball. Hooper did not know it at first, but his manager in Sacramento, Graham helped to arrange a meeting between Hooper and Red Sox owner John I. Taylor. Hooper was signed to a $2,800 contract with Boston, breaking into the majors with the Red Sox in 1909, Hooper played in 81 games for the team and hit.282

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Steve Yerkes
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Stephen Douglas Steve Yerkes was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball between 1909 and 1916, primarily as a second baseman and he played for the Boston Red Sox, of the American League, Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League, and Chicago Cubs of the National League. He was born in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, in his major league career, Yerkes posted a.268 batting average with six home runs and 254 RBI in 711 games played. He played in the first game at Bostons Fenway Park, on April 20,1912, in which he had five hits, including two doubles. In the 1912 World Series, he drove in the run for the Red Sox in Game One. After his major league career ended, Yerkes continued to play on and off in minor league baseball until 1923 and he then began a career as a manager, working with various minor league teams between 1924 and 1947. In 1945, Yerkes received one vote from the Baseball Writers Association of America in the Baseball Hall of Fame voting, Yerkes died in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, at age 82. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Baseball Library Steve Yerkes at Find a Grave

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Tris Speaker
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Tristram Edgar Speaker, nicknamed The Grey Eagle, was an American baseball player. Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball and his 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record. His 3,514 hits are fifth in the all-time hits list, defensively, Speaker holds career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder. His fielding glove was known as the place where triples go to die, after playing in the minor leagues in Texas and Arkansas, Speaker debuted with the Boston Red Sox in 1907. He became the center fielder by 1909 and led the Red Sox to World Series championships in 1912 and 1915. In 1915, Speakers batting average dropped to.322 from.338 the previous season, as player-manager for Cleveland, he led the team to its first World Series title. In ten of his seasons with Cleveland, he finished with a batting average greater than.350. Speaker resigned as Clevelands manager in 1926 after he and Ty Cobb faced game fixing allegations, during his managerial stint in Cleveland, Speaker introduced the platoon system in the major leagues. Speaker played with the Washington Senators in 1927 and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1928, then became a minor league manager and he later held several roles for the Cleveland Indians. Late in life, Speaker led a short-lived indoor baseball league, ran a liquor business, worked in sales. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937 and he was named 27th in the Sporting News 100 Greatest Baseball Players and was also included in the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Speaker was born on April 4,1888, in Hubbard, Texas, to Archie, as a youth, Speaker broke his arm after he fell from a horse, the injury forced him to become left-handed. In 1905, Speaker played a year of baseball for Fort Worth Polytechnic Institute. He worked on a ranch before beginning his professional baseball career, Speakers abilities drew the interest of Doak Roberts, owner of the Cleburne Railroaders of the Texas League, in 1906. After losing several games as a pitcher, Speaker converted to outfielder to replace a Cleburne player who had struck in the head with a pitch. Speakers mother opposed his participation in the leagues, saying that they reminded her of slavery. Though she relented, for several years Mrs. Speaker questioned why her son had not stayed home and he performed well for the Texas Leagues Houston Buffaloes in 1907, but his mother stated that she would never allow him to go to the Boston Americans. Roberts sold the youngster to the Americans for $750 or $800, Speaker played in seven games for the Americans in 1907, with three hits in 19 at bats for a.158 average

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Duffy Lewis
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Lewis attended Saint Marys College of California. In Boston, Lewis belonged to the trio which included Tris Speaker. At bat, Lewis was a renowned line-drive hitter who consistently finished in the top ten in most offensive categories despite a career which was interrupted by World War I. In 11 seasons, Lewis batted.284 with 38 home runs,793 RBI,612 runs,1,518 hits,289 doubles,68 triples, and 113 stolen bases in 1,459 games. During his tenure in Boston patrolling left field, Fenway Park featured a ten-foot-high mound that formed an incline in front of the field wall. The young outfielder mastered the incline to such an extent that it was nicknamed Duffys Cliff, sports cartoons of the period often depicted him as a mountain climber making catches amid sheep and snowcaps. The mound was reduced in 1934, long after Lewis had left the Sox. Duffy Lewis died in Salem, New Hampshire at 91 years of age and he was selected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference BaseballLibrary Best outfield ever, - The Baseball Page Duffy Lewis at Find a Grave

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Larry Gardner
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William Lawrence Larry Gardner was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1908 through 1924, Gardner played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Gardner was born in Enosburg, Vermont and attended Enosburg High School. He began playing baseball in the Franklin County League and attended the University of Vermont where he played baseball for three years and he was the first player out of the University of Vermont to play in the American League. Gardner was signed by the Boston Red Sox as a free agent in 1908. He played most of his prime in the era, as the third baseman on several successful Red Sox teams. While he was with the Red Sox, he played in the 1912,1915, Gardner homered in consecutive games of the 16 Series, including a three-run inside-the-park homer in Game 4. He played in another World Series for the Indians in 1920, Gardner batted left-handed and threw right-handed. In his 17-season career, Larry Gardner posted a.289 batting average with 27 home runs and 929 RBI in 1922 games, Gardner was inducted into Vermonts Athletic Hall of Fame in 1969. After his retirement, he returned to the University of Vermont as a baseball coach, Gardner died on March 11,1976 in St. George, Vermont. He was cremated and the location of his ashes are unknown, in its December 27,1989 issue commemorating the millennium, Sports Illustrated named Gardner as one of the Top 50 Vermont athletes of the 20th Century. Gardner was inducted to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2000, in 2012 Gardner was inducted into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame

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Heinie Wagner
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Charles Francis Heinie Wagner was an American baseball player and manager. He played shortstop for the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox and he was also the manager of the Red Sox during the 1930 baseball season. Wagner was born in Harlem, New York, in September 1880 and he began his baseball career playing for the Waverly Club in the New York State League in 1901. In 1902, he began the season playing for Columbus in the American Association and he spent the remainder of the 1902 season with the Newark Sailors and continued to play for the Eastern League team through 1906. In 1906, Wagner joined the Boston Red Sox and he played for the Red Sox from 1906 to 1918, missing only the 1914 and 1917 seasons. He was the captain of Bostons 1912 World Series championship team and he also played for the Red Sox World Series championship teams in 1915,1916 and 1918. Wagner and Harry Hooper were the players to play on all four of the Red Sox World Series championship teams of the era. Wagner was considered to be a valuable infielder while playing with the Red Sox and was reputed to have an exceptionally powerful and he was also known to block the basepaths with his exceptionally big feet. With 141 career stolen bases for the Red Sox, Wagner ranked third in history when he retired. After being released by the Red Sox in January 1916, Wagner served as the player-manager of the Hartford team in the Eastern League for the first part of the 1916 season and he returned to the Red Sox in late June 1916. In 1920, Wagner closed out his career as the player-manager of the Norfolk Mary Janes in the Virginia League. After seven years out of baseball, Wagner was hired as a coach for the Boston Red Sox under Bill Carrigan and he was reported to be Carrigans right-hand man during the 1928,1929, and 1930 seasons. In 1930, he was hired as manager of the Red Sox after Carrigan retired, in Wagners sole season as manager, the Red Sox finished last in the American League with a 52–102 record. On September 29,1930, Wagners resignation as manager of the Red Sox was accepted by team president Bob Quinn, after retiring from baseball, Wagner worked as the superintendent of a lumber yard in New Rochelle, New York. He also coached the teams of the New Rochelle Police and Fire Departments. Wagner was married to Martha Hahn Wagner and they had two sons and four daughters. In March 1943, Wagner died of a heart ailment at his home on Van Guilder Avenue in New Rochelle at age 62, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference SABR biography

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Hick Cady
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Forrest Leroy Hick Cady was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies. He was born in Bishop Hill, Illinois, in a seven-season career, Cady was a.240 hitter with one home run and 74 RBI in 355 games played. Cady managed in the minors in 1922 and 1924, Cady died in a hotel fire in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at the age of 60. 1912 World Series 1915 World Series 1916 World Series Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Baseball Almanac Baseball Library

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Charley Hall
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Charles Louis Hall was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and he pitched in 118 games totalling 909.7 innings. He had 427 strikeouts, a 3.09 earned run average, as far as the Sea Lion name, the only thing I ever heard was, he had the voice of a walrus. – Historian Ed Walton He is buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, elmer Koestners single is the only hit. 1911- 1st in league in Saves-4 3rd in league in Games finished-18 1912- 6th in league in Won-Loss %-, spitballer Bucky OBrien and Sea Lion Hall top Jumbo Jim Vaughn, handing the Yankees their 6th straight loss. World series record- 2nd game 8th-10th inning, 7th game 2nd-9th innings Pitched in 2 games,10.2 innings,3.38 ERA, threw 6 runs,1 strikeouts and walked 9. 1913- 1st in league in Games Finished-22 Charley Hall Statistics Baseball-Reference. com Traded by St Paul with Ed Karger to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Charlie Chech, Jack Ryan, list of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders baseball reference baseball library baseball almanac

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Fred Anderson (baseball)
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John Frederick Anderson was an American baseball player. He played for Davidson College in 1906, but later transferred to the Maryland Agricultural College, then, the 6 ft 2 in, 180-pound pitcher moved to play for the Boston Red Sox. Anderson played in Boston in 1909 but did not play major league again for the Red Sox again until due to his practicing dentistry. In 1914, he jumped to the Federal League to play for Buffalo for the 1914 and 1915 seasons, in 1916, he was sold to the New York Giants and Anderson played with them for three seasons. He pitched for the Giants in the 1917 World Series against the Chicago White Sox, Anderson committed suicide on November 8,1957, in his Winston-Salem, North Carolina home

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Hugh Bedient
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Hugh Carpenter Bedient was a starting pitcher who played in the American League for the Boston Red Sox and with the Buffalo Blues of the Federal League. In 1908 Bedient gained notoriety when he struck out 42 batters in a 23-inning complete game while pitching for a baseball team. Signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1910, he made his league debut in 1912. He won 20 games as a Red Sox rookie and outdueled legend Christy Mathewson, defeating the New York Giants, 2–1 and he also pitched the first seven innings of the final game, won by the Red Sox in the tenth, 3–2. In three seasons with the Red Sox, Bedient had a mark of 43 wins and 35 losses with 314 strikeouts and he later became a member of the outlaw Federal League. Pitching for the Buffalo Blues, he went 16–18 with 106 strikeouts, pitching for a semi-pro Falconer, New York team, Bedient struck out 42 batters in a 23-inning, 3–1 victory against a Corry, Pennsylvania team, on July 25,1908. Two days later, the Jamestown Evening Journal ran the headline, Bedient of Falconer struck out 42 men, and the Corry Journal stated Corry and Falconer make Worlds record. Twenty-three years later, Robert LeRoy Ripley, in his syndicated Believe It Or Not. of September 5,1931, informed the world of Bedients feat, giving the first national recognition of this event

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Ray Collins (baseball)
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Ray Williston Collins was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox. A native of Colchester, Vermont, Collins batted and threw left-handed and he debuted on July 19,1909, and played his final game on October 7,1915. In a seven-season career, Collins posted an 84–62 record with 511 strikeouts, a graduate of the University of Vermont, Collins was a good-hitting pitcher and an outstanding fielder, but the key to his success was his remarkable control. He consistently ranked among the American League leaders in fewest walks allowed per nine innings, finishing third in the league in 1912, second in 1913 and fourth in 1914. He also averaged 16 wins from 1910 to 1914, including a combined 39 wins in 1913–14, Collins became a regular in Boston rotation in 1910. In his first full season, he pitched a one-hitter against the Chicago White Sox and compiled a 13–11 record, making him the second-winningest pitcher on the Red Sox behind Eddie Cicotte. He did not start a game until early June, but won two games in three days over the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park, 7–3 on July 3 and 5–3 on July 5. Collins finished fifth in the AL with four shutouts, by all of them came in the half of the season. He compiled a 13–8 mark and his ERA stood at 2.53, the only left-hander in Boston rotation, Collins was considered the second-best on the pitching staff behind Smoky Joe Wood as the Red Sox clinched the American League pennant. Collins started Game Two of the World Series against Christy Mathewson and he led 4–2 after seven innings and was pulled in the eight with only one out after the Giants rallied for three runs. The game was called on account of darkness after 11 innings with the score tied 6–6, Collins was supposed to start again in Game Six, but Red Sox manager Jake Stahl opted by Buck OBrien, coming off a 20–13 season. The Giants shelled him for five runs in the first inning, then, Collins relieved in the second and pitched shutout ball for seven innings in a 5–2 lost cause. Collins enjoyed his best season yet in 1913, finishing at 19–8, in the midseason, he pitched a four-hit, 9–0 shutout and hit a home run St. Louis Browns on July 9. Later, on July 26, he pitched a five-hitter and hit a triple to give Boston a 4–1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Collins also faced great Walter Johnson and the Washington Senators three times that season, each game finished 1–0, with Collins winning two of them, including scoreless ball for 11 innings on August 29. Collins became the ace of Boston pitching staff in 1914 with a 20–13 record and his six shutouts ranked him fourth in the American League that season, and he was one of only three pitchers in the league to reach the 20-win plateau, joining Walter Johnson and Stan Coveleski. In 1915, the Red Sox were in the position of having too many good pitchers, Rube Foster, Ernie Shore, Dutch Leonard. Then Collins was relegated to the bullpen, starting only nine games, the fewest since his rookie year, Collins finished with a 4–7 record and a 4.30 ERA in 25 pitching appearances

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Rube Foster (AL pitcher)
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George Rube Foster was a Major League Baseball player. Foster was a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox from 1913 to 1917. Foster was picked up by the Boston Red Sox and made his league debut for the team on April 10,1913. Foster acted as a pitcher and a relief pitcher for the team during the 19 games he pitched in during the season. Foster posted a 3–3 record with a 3.16 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 68.3 innings pitched, Fosters sophomore season in the big leagues was one of his best, in which he pitched in 32 games, while starting in 27 of them. He finished with a 14–8 record, and finished second in the American League with an impressive 1.70 ERA. Foster was only behind his Boston Red Sox teammate, Dutch Leonard, who posted a 0.96 ERA, in 1915, Foster posted a 20–8 record, and another impressive 2.11 ERA. Foster most effectively showed his importance to the team in the 1915 World Series where he picked up 2 complete game wins and only gave up 4 earned runs, with the bat, Foster went 4-for-8, with a double and an RBI. Foster had another good campaign in 1916 acting as a starting pitcher and he went 14–7 in the season, and posted a decent 3.06 ERA. On June 21 of that year, he no-hit the New York Yankees 2-0 at Fenway Park, in the 1916 World Series, Foster came in relief in Game 3, and pitched three scoreless innings. The Red Sox ended up winning the series 4 games to 1, Foster went back to a mainly starting role in 1917, posting an 8–7 record with a 2.53 ERA. Before the start of the 1918 season, Foster was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Shean, Rube Foster refused to report to his new team and so the Red Sox sent cash to the Reds to complete the trade. Rube Fosters baseball career ended, and he finished his major career with 58–33 career pitching record. List of Major League Baseball no-hitters Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Baseball Almanac- Rube Foster Baseball Library- Rube Foster

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Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher)
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Hubert Benjamin Dutch Leonard, was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1913 to 1921, and 1924 to 1925. He played for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers, the all-time record holder is Tim Keefe with a 0.86 ERA in 1880. Another pitcher named Dutch Leonard pitched in the National League around a decade later, born in Birmingham, Ohio, Leonard played baseball for the Saint Marys College of California Gaels in Moraga, California, from 1910 to 1911. In 1912, he played for the Denver Grizzlies of the Western League, where he compiled a 22–9 record with 326 strikeouts, Leonard broke in with the Boston Red Sox in 1913. Leonard also pitched well in Bostons 1915 and 1916 World Series victories and he won Game 3 of the 1915 World Series, outduelling the Phillies Grover Cleveland Alexander 2–1. He also won Game 4 of the 1916 World Series against the Brooklyn Robins, Leonard also pitched two no-hitters for the Red Sox, the first in 1916 against the St. Louis Browns and the second in 1918 against the Detroit Tigers. In January 1919, the Red Sox sold Leonard to the Detroit Tigers, Leonard became embroiled in a salary dispute with Tigers owner Frank Navin in 1922, and Leonard opted to play for Fresno, in the San Joaquin Valley League in 1922 and 1923. Leonard was suspended by the American League for his actions, Leonard pitched in his final major league game on July 19,1925. Even before their player-manager feud, Leonard and Cobb had a history, in 1914, Leonard hit Cobb in the ribs with a fastball. In the next at bat, Cobb dragged a bunt which the Red Sox first baseman was forced to field, a full feud broke when Cobb took over as the Tigers manager in 1921. Cobb took pleasure in fining Leonard, who enjoyed late nights, in 1922, Leonard and Cobb fought over how to pitch to George Sisler and Tris Speaker. Leonard cursed Cobb to his face during the dispute, and Leonard ended up quitting the team in 1921, when Leonard returned to the Tigers in 1924 after two seasons in the San Joaquin Valley League, the feud with Cobb resumed. By the middle of the 1925 season, Leonard was 11–3, in front of the team, Cobb berated Leonard, Dont you dare turn bolshevik on me. Leonard accused Cobb of over-working him, and Cobb responded in July 1925 by leaving Leonard on the mound for a game despite Leonards giving up 20 hits. After that, Leonard refused to pitch for Cobb, as a result, the Tigers put Leonard on waivers, and when no team picked him up, his baseball career came to an end. Rumors began to spread that Leonard was claiming he had something on Cobb, Leonard was quoted as saying, I am going to expose that bastard Cobb, Ill ruin him. And in 1926 Leonard sought his revenge, contacting American league president Ban Johnson, Leonard claimed that Speaker and Cobb had conspired before a 1919 Tigers-Indians game to allow the Tigers to win, enabling the team to reach third place and qualify for World Series money. To corroborate his story, Leonard produced letters written at the time that referred to gambling or game-fixing

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Earl Moseley
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Earl Victor Moseley was a pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, Indianapolis Hoosiers / Newark Pepper and Cincinnati Reds. He was born in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, Moseley made his majors debut in 1913 with the Boston Red Sox and went 8–5. Bothered by arm problems, he played his season with the Cincinnati Reds in 1916. In a four-season career, Moseley posted a 49–48 record with a 3.01 ERA and 469 strikeouts in 855-2/3 innings pitched, Moseley died in Alliance, Ohio, at the age of 78. List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Baseball Almanac Retrosheet

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Buck O'Brien
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Thomas Joseph Buck OBrien was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. OBrien got a start in professional baseball. However, as a spitballer, he did have success for a few years. In 1910, when he was 28 years old, he went 20–10 for Hartford of the Connecticut State League, in 1911, he was 26–7 for the Western Leagues Denver Grizzlies, leading the league in winning percentage and strikeouts. The Grizzlies won 111 games en route to the league championship, in September of that year, OBrien made his major league debut with the Red Sox and went 5–1 with a 0.38 earned run average. The next season, he was in the rotation, including the first game ever played at Fenway Park on April 20,1912. In 34 starts and 275 innings pitched, OBrien won 20 games with a 2.58 ERA and 115 strikeouts, the Red Sox went 105–47 to win the AL pennant. OBrien started Game 3 of the 1912 World Series against the New York Giants, Boston eventually took a 3–1 series lead, with ace pitcher Smokey Joe Wood slated to start Game 6. However, club owner Jimmy McAleer wanted the series to go back to Boston so he could get the gate receipts, Buck, not knowing that he was going to pitch, was hungover the day of the game. He gave up three earned runs in the first inning, and Boston lost, despite this, the Red Sox ended up defeating the Giants. By the next season, hitters seemed to have OBriens spitball figured out and he went 4–9 before being sold to the White Sox, and just one year after winning 20 games, his major league career ended. OBrien died in Boston at age 77, Buck had five sons, Thomas Buck O’Brien, Billy O’Brien who was killed in the Battle of the Bulge, Robert O’Brien, Francis, and John O’Brien. He also had three daughters Rose Moran, Marguerite O’Brien, and Joan Murray. John O’Brien had six children, Jacqueline Levangie, Kathleen Johnson, Joseph O’Brien, GiGi Green, John O’Brien, and Thomas J. O’Brien Rose Moran had four children, Billy, Brian, Maureen, Joan Murray had three, Peter, Steven, and Christine. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

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Smoky Joe Wood
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Howard Ellsworth Smoky Joe Wood was a professional baseball player for 14 years. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1908 to 1915, where he was primarily a pitcher, and for the Cleveland Indians from 1917 to 1922, Wood is one of only 13 pitchers to win 30 or more games in one season since 1900. Smoky Joe played his first amateur baseball for the local teams in Ouray. Though a native of Ness County, Kansas, Wood made his debut with the mostly-female Bloomer Girls. There were many such teams across the country, which barnstormed in exhibition games against teams of men, Bloomer Girl rosters featured at least one male player. Red Sox star Ted Williams, as a guest on the Bill Sterns Sports Newsreel radio program in 1950, the story ended, The pitcher Im talking about was the immortal Smoky Joe Wood. A pitcher who can never be forgotten even though he did get his start posing as a girl, Wood once struck out 23 batters in an exhibition game. He earned the nickname Smoky Joe because of his blazing fastball, Wood recounted in the seminal book The Glory of Their Times, I threw so hard I thought my arm would fly right off my body. A story that gained common parlance was that legendary fastballer and pitching contemporary Walter Johnson once said, listen, my friend, theres no man alive can throw harder than Smoky Joe Wood. But in the Johnson Biography by his Grandson Baseballs Big Train, this statement was traced to-a descendent of Smoky Joe, but reminded of Johnsons supposed assessment 60 years later, Wood said, Oh, I dont think there was ever anybody faster than Walter. Though Johnson, whether being as usual self-effacing or literal, did say Wood could throw as hard as him for 2 or 3 innings, but his delivery put much strain on his arm. Johnson had a speed 6.1 MPH faster than anyone measured with the photo-electric system, Woods best season came in 1912, in which he won 34 games while losing only 5, had an ERA of 1.91 and struck out 258. Since 1900, pitchers have won 30 or more games only 21 times and he also tied Walter Johnsons record for consecutive victories with 16. On September 6,1912, Wood faced off against Johnson in a duel at Fenway Park. At the time, Wood had a 13-game winning streak and Johnson had recently had his own American League record 16-game winning streak snapped. The papers of the time hyped the matchup like a prize fight. Meanwhile, Wood gave up two hits and no runs and the Red Sox prevailed, 1–0. Equally compelling in drama, Woods Red Sox faced John McGraws New York Giants in the historic 1912 World Series, after slugging it out in seven close games, the teams met for the deciding game eight at Fenway with future Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson starting for the Giants

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Les Nunamaker
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Leslie Grant Nunamaker born in Malcolm, Nebraska, was a catcher for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns and Cleveland Indians. He helped the Red Sox win the 1912 World Series and the Indians win the 1920 World Series, until being injured in early in the 1912 against the St. Louis Browns he was Bill Carrigans primary backup catcher for the Red Sox. He was also a catcher for the 1920 Indians. He died in Hastings, Nebraska at the age of 49, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference

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Pinch Thomas
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Chester David Thomas was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1912 through 1921 for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. Listed at 5 ft 9.5 in,173 lb. Thomas batted left-handed and he was born in Camp Point, Illinois. The Red Sox signed Thomas in 1911 but allowed him to play the 1911 season with the Sacramento Sacts before recalling him to the Major Leagues for the 1912 season and he spent the 1912 season as a little-used backup catcher for 1912 World Series championship Red Sox. A fine defensive replacement, Thomas was the catcher for the Red Sox during three years, helping them to the World Championship in 1915 and 1916. In 1917 he led American League catchers with a and he did not appear in a game for the Athletics and was sold to the Indians. While in Cleveland, he won a third World Series ring in 1920, a good pinch-hitter as well, he hit.417 from 1913 to 1918. In a 10-season career, Thomas was a.237 hitter with two runs and 102 RBI, including 88 runs,27 doubles, eight triples,12 stolen bases. In 423 catching appearances, he commiited 52 errors in 1,948 chances for a.973 fielding percentage and he appeared as himself in the Paramount feature film Warming Up. Thomas died in Modesto, California at age 65, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Baseball Library Retrosheet